History
Reviews of history books.
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Book review: ‘Domination’ by Alice Roberts
How the Christian Church rose to prominence in the wake of the Roman Empire.
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Book review: ‘The Shortest History of Italy’ by Ross King
An excellent short history of an excellent country.
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Book review: ‘The Gold Machine’ by Iain Sinclair
Tracking the ancestors from Highlands to coffee colony.
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Book review: ‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore
A grand vision brought down by commercial interests.
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Book review: ‘The Diary of Virginia Woolf, volume 5’
A final volume of diaries, covering a momentous time in British and European history.
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Book review: ‘Stoicism: a very short introduction’ by Brad Inwood
A useful guide to an ancient philosophy.
